Why is stress such a big issue then?
Well, it is a massive global problem resulting in cost of billions of Euros in form of sick leave days and on a global level stress management and mental health drugs market is estimated to reach USD 62.6 billion by 2025.
According to studies, stress is a cause or contributing factor in most health problems and in more than 85% of chronic diseases. Excess stress develops when our autonomic nervous system goes out of balance. This generates sympathetic overactivity, a state of hyper-arousal, which the precise treatment is counteracting the parasympathetic activity to increase parasympathetic activity.
This is done most effectively by stimulating with weak electrical impulses to the Vagus nerve. This so-called vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has been a standard treatment for epilepsy and depression for over 20 years. However, it requires surgery to implant the electrode and processor.
EVANES activates the vagus system by stimulating the nerve fibres of the small ear branch of the vagus in a transcutaneous manner, we call the method taVANS, transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation.
EVANES is an effective stress-reducing device that may in the future even replace most stress/depression drugs. The transcutaneous method has already been proven to be safe, very easy to use and very economical.
Long live taVNS!